Theophany and Activism

January 6th, 2023
Father Josiah Trenham
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[@danielgaley9676]

How I desire to be Orthodox. Please pray for my wife, Cathy. I am running out of time. God bless you.

[@BS-np8xt]

Thank you for your videos, Father Josiah! Me and the other young adults at our parish love your insights and contributions to our understanding of the faith. May God bless you abundantly, and save you.

[@Chrisc-sn6uh]

Thank you fr Josiah, i have been listening to your area liturgies on Spotify and have truly been a blessing for me! I am very new to orthodoxy and come from a agnostic back ground. The more i learn about orthodoxy the more i am drawn to it. God bless you 🙏

[@katherine3486]

Christ came for you !! Indeed Christopher means "Christ dweller" He loves you more than the whole of mankind and the whole UNIVERSE. Come to Him and complete your being !!!

[@vanessac.7040]

Glory to God for this blessed and glorious feast! How powerful and life changing is Theophany upon the whole cosmos! ☦️💕

[@markware9919]

Thank you Fr. Trenham!! Rich blessings upon you, your family and your parish!

[@strugglingathome]

Glory to Christ! LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. Also, thank you for opening the comment section! 🙏

[@CallofWar5]

Glory to God for this uplifting video

[@pontification7891]

God bless you father. We pray for you at the holy altar. Greetings from Europe.

[@ivansince91]

Lord bless you f. Josiah❤. Greetings from Macedonia.

[@HCrugger]

Love from Indianapolis. We just celebrated Sanctity of Life Sunday and participated in protests this week with Orthodox for Life..we at Joy of All Who Sorrow look forward to your return to speak to us in the near future. May God grant it.

[@thattimestampguy]

0:00 God Bless 0:12 Today, the 6th of January, is the Feast of Theophany. 0:37 Orthodox Christmas December 25 through December 31 0:48 January 1st The Feast of Jesus’ Circumcision 1:11 January 5th The Paramone 1:20 January 6th Theophany • doesn’t have the cultural props Christmas does 2:58 Ascension is never on a Sunday. It falls on a Thursday. 3:21 Nothing wrong with being a Sunday Christian, every Sunday is holy. 3:45 The Great Feasts • Significant, Serious, Feasts. 4:30 5:15 Glorious Morning Celebration and The Blessing of The Holy Water💧and all the places we dwell. 6:28 Celebrate Theophany. The Light goes even brighter. The Miracle of the Public Manifestation of Jesus as The Son of God. 7:36 🕌☪️🕋 “Jesus is not the son of God.” It is found throughout all of the Gospels. 8:37 Jesus is The Son of God. The Salvation of Mankind. 9:19 “I have need to be baptised by YOU. And you come to me?” - St John the Baptist. He Sanctified The Waters. The Fountain of Life Washing Away The Sins Of Man. 10:48 Drinking Freedom from Sin. Great Joy in Baptism. 2ND PART: Activism 11:57 John Baptist, The Forerunner. John made The Banks of the Jordan River his. 13:16 Stop Sinning or face hell 14:00 He refused to hide The Mercy of God. 14:30 Beginning: Repentance (gift) but that’s not the end.) 15:20 It’s our fault if the culture falls. Pleasure taking precedent. 15:45 Saints of our times weigh in on activism. 16:25 Elder Paisios: • Silent out of indifference • Each must do what is in his own power, and leave what is out of his own power to God. • Resist Evil • Raise Voice • Pursue Public Righteousness 18:15 Bishop Augustinos Strive O’ Christians 19:28 Of course we have to attend to our souls. Should we look only after our own souls and leave the Church in hands of scums and villains? 20:11 Sheep Pen invaded by wolves 🐑 🐑 🐑 🐺 🐺 🐺 if you are a Christian and you hurt, strive for the Church of Christ Tolerating Betrayal, Church Leadership that goes astray, it’s a crime and a sin. 21:34 Protest against Unworthy Hierarchs, shameless public preaching of Heresy. 22:37 We must guard and protect that Orthodox Christian Life. 23:08 May the zeal stir you up. God be with you.

[@paulr5246]

Thankyou for having the boldness to make this and similar videos. May God abundantly bless you for your outspokenness and protect you, to hear this from a prominent Priest is an antidote to the gas lighting of those who say we should not be our brothers keeper and only watch out for ourselves.

[@NickOeffinger]

We can comment!? THANK YOU FATHER!

[@honesttroll6332]

"And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven" - Matthew 23:9

[@sammyog3475]

@@honesttroll6332 YOU HAVE NO CLUE bruh

[@johnbarron88]

@@honesttroll6332 Christ's warning against calling hypocrites father and teacher is not an absolute prohibition against using these terms, as some teach. These terms are applied to men many times in the NT, all of which usages are inspired by God. Teacher is used in Jn 3:10; Acts 13:1; 1Co 12:28; Eph 4:11; and 2Ti 1:11. Father is used in Lk 16:24; 1Co 4:15; and Col 3:21. Since the very early days of the Church, bishops and presbyters have been called “father” not because they take the place of God, but because in their fatherly care for their flocks, they lead people to God, and they exercise fatherly authority within the community.

[@honesttroll6332]

@@johnbarron88 I didn't look at all of your examples, but I did find it interesting that your examples of Father are, 1: A man speaking from Hell. 2: Specifically telling you no man is Father but Christ 3: An actual parent.

[@johnbarron88]

@@honesttroll6332 1. Abraham didn’t rebuke him, but called him son. “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things…’” 2. St. Paul is talking about himself as an imitator of Christ. “I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. † For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.” Notice “as my beloved children” and “in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel” 3. This concedes Christ isn’t saying just simply calling someone father. There’s a deeper meaning than just prohibition of the terms.

[@riapresley5446]

Thank ~ you Fathet~ for this whole message. Very interesting how you tied both in... together. Me...being newly baptized ...my conversation with GOD...is this being on fire...and being humble. I appreciated the examples you used. Thank ~you for your blessings ...I am...and will be....joyful

[@PomazeBog1389]

What a beautiful video. The very first icon I received after being baptized into the Orthodox Church was the icon of Theophany. With regards to activism, you are 100% right. We have become too comfortable in our modern lives to make any effort to speak out against evil. I noticed this especially when churches were locked down during Covid.

[@orthodoxaletheia9966]

Great reflection today, Father. God bless you. I love how you bring up lives of saints. inspiring, you have a great message for the youth.

[@GV_777YT]

Father, your strident passion for our Lord, is so contagious, praise The Lord for your heart amd wisdom so needed for us lost ones out here.

[@davidstone5595]

Thank you for allowing comments!

[@riapresley5446]

I am newly baptized...and walked into Orthodox around a year....I am kinda devasted...for sure very sad...and disappointed that I did not know of this....I have been taking all the days seriously....they all are important....but ...wow...I did not know this about this...Lord have Mercy

[@aleksandarmarinkovic6986]

Merry Christmas

[@olso8621]

wonderful sermon

[@stevemcgee99]

Based.

[@abrahamkassis3138]

Thank you Fr. Trenham, blessed feast

[@andrisstanga5938]

Thank you for this clear and loving message.

[@makahiadanielle8459]

So grateful for your videos!

[@katrinhoxha9090]

God bless for this message

[@ckingufwgleej3362]

I wish more Church Hierarchs were more like Bishop Augustinos, then again we should all wish ourselves to take after him.

[@NicholasAlexanderHolt]

Im new to Orthodoxy, todays a friday and a fast day im pretty sure. Should we have a feast like that of Thanksgiving, or a feast of certain foods and drink only? Speaking of calendars I learned about the the two calendars controversy (old calendar, gregorian calendar). Each and and every day I learn something new about Orthodox Christianity and it is captivating, the many heresies that cropped and sadly continue to crop up, St.Gregory Palamas, St.John chrystosom, I prayed for wisdom and slowly im receiving knowledge and wisdom. Thank God for all things, all Glory belongs to God! ☦

[@PomazeBog1389]

Welcome to Orthodoxy! Every Wednesday and Friday is to be observed with fasting unless some important Feast takes precedence over the fast. In this case, even though Theophany is a feast that falls on Friday this year, you do not observe the fast. It is always a fast-free day. There are also periods where fasting is forbidden, such as the week after Easter and the week after Pentecost. There are a lot of Orthodox parishes that have pages dedicated to fasts on their websites. I recommend you Google it. Also, many church calendars will indicate the fasting rule for each day. It is very helpful.

[@NicholasAlexanderHolt]

@@PomazeBog1389 Thank you so much, sorry I didn't respond faster I was reading the Orthodox study bible. Il look into and study on feast days, fasting months, celebrations among other things. Thank you again and God bless.☦

[@JiriBuyonev]

I have a flag of your profile picture lol, May Christ bless your day during the Nativity of our Lord.

[@NicholasAlexanderHolt]

@@JiriBuyonev Hopefully one day it'll be side by side if not outright replace the american flag. Merry Christmas if you abide by the julian calendar. ☦

[@JiriBuyonev]

@@NicholasAlexanderHolt agreed! I am on the new calendar but thank you! God Bless.

[@cyndibee2289]

You must be following the new calendar. Theophany is still 2 weeks away. We just got home from a full day of services celebrating the final day of the Nativity feast. Why are some Orthodox following the secular/protestant calendar?

[@aleksandarmarinkovic6986]

Its a papal gregorian calendar. I am celebrating Christmas today.

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

It's a corrected, astronomical, calendar. This is why we use the new calendar.

[@cyndibee2289]

@@sfappetrupavelandrei why did it need to be corrected?

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

@@cyndibee2289 Because it remained 13 days behind. This was a scientific correction done do the calendar.

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

@Ana Pinjuh More exactly some EO countries use the revised Julian calendar: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Julian_calendar. But I'm not going into a debate about which calendar should the EO Churches use as I'm no expert on this topic. This is the current situation and we need to deal with it as it is. 🙂 I'm curious if you have some link which claims that the Julian calendar is scientific accurate and used by astronomers.

[@MajorMustang1117]

Father, honest question. My whole life, I have been a hard-core LCMS Christian. I loved my old school conservative/Confessional Lutheran heritage. My wife's good friends are all Lutheran Missouri synod pastor wives. Recently, I have really been considering Orthodoxy because of you, Father Heers, a local friend, and my own research and prayers. My pastor friends, my 2 old pastors and my father have all told me to become a LCMS pastor. Ways have opened for this to happen. But my heart has been drawn to Orthodoxy. My wife's too as of recently because of attending a couple Divine Services. My soul is torn in two because I have always believed this is my calling. How did you deal with this???

[@orthodoxrocks9644]

Forgive me as I'm not a Priest or Clergy yet...however, I did start Grad School last fall in hopes of being ordained. I wanted to just know how you were led to a "found," Orthodoxy :) I was an Anglican and at one point wanted to pursue Orders there but man...when I was "led," to Orthodoxy....whew...It was so much more than anything I (gratefully) experienced in Anglicanism. I love Anglo Saxon chorals both all boys and mixed choirs and their prayers and offerings blessed my Christian journey then. A blessed feast of Theopany to you and yours!!!

[@mamafortuin]

@17B Crew, Fr. Josiah gives a short testimony of his reasons for becoming Orthodox in this interview with the late Kevin Allen on his book Rock and Sand. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppq5laWqnNRqjtk

[@annk.3545]

God bless you! Fr. Spyridon Bailey in the UK is excellent, as well: youtube.com/@FatherSpyridonROCOR

[@annk.3545]

Also, keep in mind that Fr. Josiah was a Presbyterian minister before becoming Orthodox. His book, “Rock and Sand,” is a scholarly but eminently readable summary of the Protestant Reformation and its theological issues, and the video interview about it is outstanding: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppq5laWqnNRqjtk

[@honesttroll6332]

I'm not Orthodox, or any denomination. It sounds like you have many good influences around you in your life. But if your heart is set on a higher path, why would you seek out an earthly teacher when one has already come and called you. You don't need any earthly title to prove your faith. Nor do you need any other Father but the one who is in heaven. Jesus gave us a perfect example of what we need to do. Just follow the Word. Good luck and God bless you.

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

Regarding Christian "activism", I tried at beginning of my life in Christ. I was proud to be a man of Christ. And my mouth said some things while my life would show something totally different. 15 years later I don't see myself living the live worthy of the name of Christ. So how can I preach Him?

[@stevemcgee99]

They will know us by our love for each other. I believe the basic activism is our own transformation.

[@ClaytonWillisMusic]

Why are the comments turned off on videos prior to this?

[@stevemcgee99]

Father- how should we be activists?

[@danamarie4847]

I am a new convert. Why wasn’t Jesus baptized as a baby?

[@clarefraser5231]

John the Baptist was only 6 months old, he hadn’t started his ministry. Also He kind of was baptised in the old right (circumcision was a prefigurement) and He only received baptism in order to sanctify the waters for our sake.

[@danamarie4847]

@@clarefraser5231 thank you so very much for explaining❤️

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

@@clarefraser5231 Also, Jesus couldn't be baptised because He "created" our Christian baptism. 🙂

[@Porphyrios02]

Does anyone know where I could purchase the book that he refers to in this video? "Christians of the last times" by bishop augustinos of florina

[@stevemcgee99]

I usually have luck on eBay.

[@Porphyrios02]

@@stevemcgee99 thank you

[@RudyCarrera]

*cough* DBH *cough*

[@dustinkelton695]

"If the culture is dying, it's our fault"